Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation for OCDM with Null Subchirps

In this paper, we investigate the carrier frequency offset (CFO) identifiability problem in orthogonal chirp division multiplexing (OCDM) systems. We propose a transmission scheme by inserting consecutive null subchirps. A CFO estimator is accordingly developed to achieve a full acquisition range. We further demonstrate that the proposed transmission scheme not only help to resolve CFO identifiability issues but also enable multipath diversity for OCDM systems. Simulation results corroborate our theoretical findings.

Precheck Sequence Based False Base Station Detection During Handover: A Physical Layer Based Security Scheme

False Base Station (FBS) attack has been a severe security problem for the cellular network since 2G era. During handover, the user equipment (UE) periodically receives state information from surrounding base stations (BSs) and uploads it to the source BS. The source BS compares the uploaded signal power and shifts UE to another BS that can provide the strongest signal. An FBS can transmit signal with the proper power and attract UE to connect to it. In this paper, based on the 3GPP standard, a Precheck Sequence-based Detection (PSD) Scheme is proposed to secure the transition of legal base station (LBS) for UE. This scheme first analyzes the structure of received signals in blocks and symbols. Several additional symbols are added to the current signal sequence for verification. By designing a long table of symbol sequence, every UE which needs handover will be allocated a specific sequence from this table. The simulation results show that the performance of this PSD Scheme is better than that of any existing ones, even when a specific transmit power is designed for FBS.

Sensing-Aided Scalable Peer-to-Peer Millimeter-Wave Communication

One of the bottlenecks of modern communication is to enable sensing and communication simultaneously with causing scheduling conflicts, and how sensing may be leveraged to help directional communication accuracy. To this end, we propose and implement a novel peer-to-peer mmWave communication system to achieve joint beamforming and sensing. A radar and IMU assisted tracking and beamforming algorithm is designed and tested and the results show robust tracking capacity with an overall higher throughtput obtained. The results demonstrated promising future extensions where with refinements the design and implementation can be deployed in a more scalable manner.